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  1. BigSlick
    I made fun of it at the time, and I still don’t think there are any RBs that should warrant a first round pick given where the NFL is at these days, but I still gotta hand it to the Lions for making the most of it. (And I will still think virtually any position player is more valuable as a 1st rounder aside from maybe linebacker)
  2. BigSlick
    The Bears's cycle over the past 20+ years isn't sustained badness, its periods of intense competitiveness followed by long stretches of mediocrity and badness. We get a tantalizing season or two of being contenders before disappearing for the next 5-6 years, only to repeat the process over and over again.
  3. BigSlick
    How much would I savor a week 18 win vs. the Packers if they have nothing to play for and rest people? Well, it would at least break the most shameful streak they have going. And would start Williams off for 2025 with a big win. So it's something.
  4. BigSlick
    I dunno maybe I'll end up looking real stupid, but if the McCaskey's were that concerned about a few million, they'd just keep going with Eberflus for a couple more years and let him play out his contract I don't think its exactly penny pinching that has them do their thing- its organizational inertia and conservatism (not politically, just in terms of how they view their business and the sport)
  5. BigSlick
    I honestly don't think the Bears ownership, owning an asset thats worth around 6 billion dollars, are going to freak out over a few million here or there.
  6. BigSlick
    I’m mad the Bears robbed me of a season where they were relevant late, something they were clearly talented enough for. Playoffs? Maybe not, not where the division is this year. But this was a team talented enough to still be playing relevant games at this point in the season. I should be able to turn on a game in week 13 and watch them play for something other than their own dignity and to improve their stats. unforgivable that they did this to us. Makes me very angry.
  7. BigSlick
    It just seems to be another way the Bears org makes slapdash decisions without a clear chain of command, retain people to hire other people who get held onto as legacies when the people who hired them get fired, nothing has a clear systematic approach. Its so much being decided on the fly. I ideally want my GM and coach in lockstep, the talent acquisition matching coaching philosophy and etc. It's not the end all be all, but it makes more sense than what they're doing. It also signals to me that Poles may be on his way out, and if he is, JUST FIRE HIM. Don't do this thing where he stays on for another year to be fired and we do the circus all over again.
  8. BigSlick
    ah jesus christ a year ago things seemed so much brighter. sure, retaining eberflus seemed like a mistake, but he had the defense rolling and we had just acquired a bunch of new offensive toys and we had a new OC who had a pretty impressive QB reclamation project under his belt and, the thing I was most impressed by: Poles had a bold vision - take big swings, get talent, take risks, and roll the dice. I liked that in a GM. Now he's been neutered, several of his moves have panned out disastrously (none worse than the decisions on coaching), and now he doesn't get final say on the next coach decision. bizarre, and bad. bears.
  9. BigSlick
    I actually don’t hate, on principle, giving Caleb a full veteran NFL playbook - but if he wasn’t feeling it and other players weren’t comfortable with it, than absolutely no. so many foreseeable mistakes they made this past offseason. Woof.
  10. BigSlick
    FFS the baseline for an OC is someone the offensive players like and trust and they knew even before the season they didn’t have that
  11. BigSlick
    Imagine Thomas Brown's chances of being HC if they decided to fire Eberflus like 4 weeks ago and the team managed to win a couple of the games they blew. He'd probably be a lock on beating the Packers alone, lol So in a sense, we may be lucky (Not that I think Thomas Brown is necessarily a bad coach, but that I think we need a fresh start, clean house completely, and set the table for the next coach)
  12. BigSlick
    As nice a job as Brown has done (and let’s be honest, he’s raised the quality of the offense from “dreadful” to “average” and just stopped sabotaging Caleb) - I can’t see a way the last 5 games go where I can be convinced he should be a HC candidate over someone like Ben Johnson.
  13. BigSlick
    I’m not gonna get too sidetracked that they let him speak to the media before firing him. They fired him, thank god. Now you can start your search for the best offensive coach candidate possible for next year. next year had better be playoffs or Poles goes too, sorry to say
  14. BigSlick
    I think I have settled on Eberflus being the worst Bears coach in my lifetime. I have never seen a coach so adamantly achieve losses out of thin air. It’s incredible, it’s almost a talent. The John Fox years were the nadir of my Bears fandom, but I could easily ignore them. This team has talent and potential, and Eberflus has doggedly killed them as best as he could. He must be banished, sent to the wilderness, never to return.
  15. BigSlick
    I’m really hoping they just fire Eberflus tomorrow. in other news, Caleb Williams season QBR has improved to 50.5, which moves him to above average for NFL QBs
  16. BigSlick
    I feel so blissfully vindicated for not watching this game
  17. BigSlick
    I would like a lot of things buddy but it don’t mean it’ll happen
  18. BigSlick
    Ahhh we’re entering double maximum heartbreak territory
  19. BigSlick
    This is truly astonishing
  20. BigSlick
    I honestly would almost be mad if they win this game by virtue of the fact that if they could have held on to win the last two weeks they would certainly be in the playoff picture
  21. BigSlick
    Now if the situations were reversed, this would be a classic game the Bears would blow late. The Lions are of course, not the Bears, and will almost certainly prevail. But, still, great second half for Caleb.
  22. BigSlick
    Here’s my lock prediction for maximum heartbreak: Caleb puts together a gutsy TD drive to cut this to a FG lead. Defense immediately gives up a 7 minute scoring drive
  23. BigSlick
    Boy howdy do the Bears love losing yardage on 1st down runs
  24. BigSlick
    Caleb improving his stat line which is nice
  25. BigSlick
    When you’re bad, or struggling, it really does feel like the refs look for opportunities to stick the dagger in. Nothing goes your way
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